Medicare Advantage

Anthem's 2027 Medicare Advantage plans in Milwaukee: two new, two gone

MILWAUKEE — Fall 2026. If you have an Anthem Medicare Advantage plan in Milwaukee, or you're thinking about one for next year, the 2027 lineup is set. Anthem will offer five Medicare Advantage plans in Milwaukee County for 2027, with two new plans added and two of its current plans not returning. Milwaukee sits in Milwaukee County, and that county is where Medicare sets plan availability.

The Annual Enrollment Period runs October 15 through December 7, 2026. Any change you make in that window takes effect January 1, 2027. If you do nothing, your current plan renews as long as it is being offered next year — with the changes described in your plan's Annual Notice of Change (ANOC).

MyMedicarePlans.org is an independent consumer site. We are not Anthem, and Anthem is one of seven carriers offering Medicare Advantage plans in Milwaukee County for 2027 (52 plans across all carriers combined).

Anthem's 2027 Medicare Advantage plans in Milwaukee County

CMS groups Anthem under Elevance Health (Anthem). For 2027 in Milwaukee County, Anthem will offer:

• Anthem Dual Advantage Plus (HMO D-SNP) — new for 2027
• Anthem Full Dual Advantage (HMO D-SNP) — new for 2027
• Anthem Medicare Advantage (HMO-POS)
• Anthem Medicare Advantage 3 (PPO)
• Anthem Veteran (PPO)

All five include Part D prescription drug coverage. The table below lists every plan with its type and drug-coverage status.

What's new, and what's not returning

Two Anthem plans are new to Milwaukee County for 2027: Anthem Dual Advantage Plus (HMO D-SNP) and Anthem Full Dual Advantage (HMO D-SNP). Both are D-SNPs, meaning they are designed for people who qualify for both Medicare and Medicaid.

Two Anthem plans offered in Milwaukee County this year are not being offered in 2027. If you are enrolled in a plan that is leaving, Anthem will send a non-renewal notice this fall. You'll get a Special Enrollment Period to pick a new plan, but you do not have to stay with Anthem — you can choose any Medicare Advantage plan in the county or move back to Original Medicare and add a stand-alone Part D plan.

For details on exactly what is changing in a plan that is continuing, read your ANOC. It arrives by late September and spells out every change — premium, deductible, copays, the drug list and the provider network — for the coming year.

Plan types in the lineup

Anthem's 2027 Milwaukee lineup covers three Medicare Advantage plan types:

• HMO (2 plans, both D-SNPs): typically uses an in-network provider list and often requires a primary care doctor and referrals.
• HMO-POS (1 plan): an HMO with a "point of service" option that may allow some out-of-network care under specific rules.
• PPO (2 plans): generally lets you see out-of-network providers, usually at a higher cost share.

The specifics — what each plan actually covers, who is in network, what drugs are on the formulary, and what you pay — are in each plan's Summary of Benefits and Evidence of Coverage.

Special Needs Plans

Two of Anthem's five 2027 plans in Milwaukee County are D-SNPs (Dual Eligible Special Needs Plans). D-SNPs are only for people who have both Medicare and Medicaid. Anthem is not offering a Chronic Condition SNP (C-SNP) or an Institutional SNP (I-SNP) in the county for 2027.

If you think you may qualify for Medicaid as well as Medicare, the Wisconsin Department of Health Services can confirm your eligibility.

How to check a plan against your doctors and prescriptions

Before December 7, do these four checks for any plan you're considering:

1. List your doctors and preferred hospitals, then use the Medicare Plan Finder at medicare.gov to confirm each is in that plan's network for 2027. Call the provider's office too — networks change. 2. Enter every prescription you take, with dose and quantity, into Plan Finder. It will show whether each drug is on the plan's 2027 formulary and what tier it sits on. 3. Read the ANOC if you already have an Anthem plan. The changes for 2027 are listed there. 4. Call 1-800-MEDICARE (TTY 1-877-486-2048) for a walk-through, 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

A few 2027 numbers worth knowing

These are program-wide figures, not plan-specific:

• The Part D out-of-pocket cap rises to $2,400 in 2027 (it is $2,100 in 2026).
• The Part D maximum deductible rises to $700 in 2027 (from $615 in 2026).
• The Part D national base beneficiary premium is $41.33 for 2027. That is a formula input used by CMS, not what any specific plan charges.
• The 2027 Part B standard premium and deductible, and the 2027 IRMAA income brackets, have not been announced yet. CMS typically publishes them in the fall, usually in November.
• The Medicare Prescription Payment Plan, which lets you spread drug costs across the year in level monthly payments, continues in 2027.